Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Balance of power little changed, U.S. Congress faces new fight on budget, coronavirus
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Whether celebrating victory or licking the wounds of defeat following Tuesday's election, the current members of the U.S. Congress must pivot quickly to a new p...
Nov 04, 2020
Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor calls Trump remarks ‘partisan attack’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor Tom Wolf on Wednesday called President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim about fraud in the U.S. presidential election a "partisan attack",...
Nov 04, 2020
Trump’s strength with Florida Latinos boosts his re-election hopes
By Simon Lewis and Zachary Fagenson LITTLE HAVANA, Florida (Reuters) - A wave of support from Hispanic voters gave President Donald Trump a narrow victory in Florida on Tuesday night, boosting his cha...
Nov 04, 2020
With Pennsylvania up in the air, one rural county goes big for Trump
By Nathan Layne MCCONNELLSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - As commissioners of Fulton County, Pennsylvania, worked to finish tallying the vote early on Wednesday, the only question was whether President Donald T...
Nov 04, 2020
Confidence and irritation at White House as Trump team awaits election results
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's aides pored over election maps in the White House West Wing and cheered their candidate in the East Room as Election Day...
Nov 04, 2020
Twitter flags trump’s tweet alleging effort to ‘steal’ election’ as potentially misleading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twitter Inc flagged President Donald Trump's tweet alleging an effort to 'steal the election' as potentially misleading. "We placed a warning on a Tweet from @realDonaldTrump fo...
Nov 04, 2020
Trump says he will score a ‘big win,’ accuses Democrats of trying to steal election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump, in a tweet early on Wednesday, predicted he will win a second four-year term and accused Democrats of attempting to "steal" the election from ...
Nov 04, 2020
Betting market odds flip to favour Trump over Biden in U.S. election
By Divya Chowdhury (Reuters) - Betting market odds on the U.S. presidential election have flipped to favour Republican President Donald Trump over Democratic candidate Joe Biden, according to data fro...
Nov 03, 2020
‘Praying that Biden wins’: Asylum seekers hold their breath as U.S. votes
By Lizbeth Diaz and Laura Gottesdiener MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - In a makeshift refugee camp just across the border from Brownsville, Texas, Oscar Borjas and a few friends are planning to gather o...
Nov 03, 2020
Economy top concern for U.S. voters: exit poll
By Chris Kahn (Reuters) - A third of U.S. voters listed the economy as the issue that mattered the most to them when deciding their choice for president, according to an Edison Research exit poll on T...
Nov 03, 2020
